GASRET ALIEV

The vessel is designated for transportation of general, bulk cargoes, including grain without bulkheads in holds, bulk cargoes with specific cargo volume not less than 0.85 m³/t, dangerous cargoes, timber and containers of international standard IC and ICC in holds and on hatch covers (project No. 19610).
The vessel was involved in the theft of Ukrainian grain from the TOT of Ukraine.
It is owned by the sanctioned russian maritime shipping company MG-Flot LLC (previous name Transmorflot LLC).
In May 2022, USA imposed sanctions on Transmorflot LLC and its vessels involved in the transportation of weapons for the russian federation.
MG-Flot LLC is linked to Astrakhan businessman Pashayev Jamaldin Emirmagomedovich, who built his business around the commercial port of Olya in the Astrakhan region. This place was proposed as a key logistic hub of the international transport corridor "North-South", the creation and construction of which was supervised and controlled by former russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov. The key purpose of the transportation corridor was to trade with sanctioned Iran, which could import and export goods via the North-South route.